Susana
Susana is the Spanish form of a Hebrew name meaning "lily"; in Poland the same name lands as Zuzanna, with Zuzia for a small girl. Fewer than 300 women here carry the Spanish spelling, so most Poles have never met one.
Susana Pronunciation
Susana is pronounced soo-SAH-nah (/suˈsana/).
What Susana means
Where Susana comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Susana grows from the Hebrew word shoshannah, and that root hands the name its short meaning: lily, lilia in Polish. Spanish speakers took to the form Susana early, and it settled across their world as a warm, familiar choice for a daughter, from Madrid to Buenos Aires.
The Book of Daniel gives the name an old bearer. Susanna is the woman falsely accused by two elders and then cleared by the young Daniel. Painters returned to her story for centuries, so the name reached far beyond Hebrew and Spanish alike.
In Poland the same name arrives as Zuzanna, and a small girl becomes Zuzia on the class register. The link to purity, so easy to read into a white flower, was attached later. The flower came first. Susana still opens onto the lily, the shoshannah that started it.
How many people are named Susana
1 in 82277 women in Poland is named Susana. 274 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1838 among female names.
Susana's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Susana as a middle name
Susana is a first name for 274 women in Poland and a middle name for another 126, a 69/31 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 585th, between Jesika (126) and Hedwig (125).
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#583 Andrzelika126
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#584 Jesika126
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#585 Susana126
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#586 Hedwig125
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#587 Alma124